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More information on the hydrogeology of Guinea Bissau is in the report [https://www.bgs.ac.uk/africaGroundwaterAtlas/atlas.cfc?method=ViewDetails&id=AGLA060039 United Nations (1988)] (see References section, below). | More information on the hydrogeology of Guinea Bissau is in the report [https://www.bgs.ac.uk/africaGroundwaterAtlas/atlas.cfc?method=ViewDetails&id=AGLA060039 United Nations (1988)] (see References section, below). | ||
− | [[File:Guinea-Bissau_Hydrogeology3.png| center | thumb| 500px | Hydrogeology of Guinea Bissau at 1:5 million scale. For more information on how the map was developed see the [[ | + | [[File:Guinea-Bissau_Hydrogeology3.png| center | thumb| 500px | Hydrogeology of Guinea Bissau at 1:5 million scale. For more information on how the map was developed see the [[Hydrogeology Map | hydrogeology map]] resource page]] |
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||Crystalline basement rocks have virtually no intergranular porosity and permeability, and groundwater flow and storage is entirely dependent on the nature and degree of weathering and/or fracturing of the rock. A typical pattern in basement rocks is 'pockets' of weathering forming weathered basins, typically a few tens of metres deep and a few tens or hundreds metres across, in which there is enhanced permeability and groundwater storage potential. Typically, these kind of weathered basins have enough permeability and groundwater storage capacity to supply a borehole hand pump supply. | ||Crystalline basement rocks have virtually no intergranular porosity and permeability, and groundwater flow and storage is entirely dependent on the nature and degree of weathering and/or fracturing of the rock. A typical pattern in basement rocks is 'pockets' of weathering forming weathered basins, typically a few tens of metres deep and a few tens or hundreds metres across, in which there is enhanced permeability and groundwater storage potential. Typically, these kind of weathered basins have enough permeability and groundwater storage capacity to supply a borehole hand pump supply. | ||
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==Groundwater use and management== | ==Groundwater use and management== |